Teloschistes
{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Teloschistes flavicans1.JPG
| image_caption = Teloschistes flavicans
| taxon = Teloschistes
| authority = Norman (1853)
| type_species = Teloschistes flavicans
| type_species_authority = (Sw.) Norman (1853)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
| synonyms =
- Borrera Ach. (1809)
- Tenorea Tornab. (1848)
- Niorma A.Massal. (1861)
- Theloschistes Th.Fr. (1861)
- Teloschistomyces Cif. & E.A.Thomas (1953)
- Theloschistomyces Cif. & Tomas. (1953)
}}
Teloschistes is a genus of lichens in the family Teloschistaceae, of which it is the namesake. It was circumscribed by Norwegian botanist Johannes Musaeus Norman in 1852. The name of the genus means "split ends".{{cite web |title=Teloschistes flavicans (Sw.) Norman |url=https://species.nbnatlas.org/species/NBNSYS0000020578#overview |website=NBM atlas |access-date=21 March 2021}} The genus was originally described as Borrera by Swedish lichenologist Erik Archarius, after English botanist William Borrer, but this name was rejected.{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Val |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132874317 |title=Common Ground: Who's who in New Zealand botanical names. Supplement Two: Who's who in New Zealand botanical names. Supplement Two |date=2023-01-01 |language=English}}{{Cite web |title=Borerra Ach. |url=https://biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz/scientific-names/26672b11-9e2f-492c-a052-10900eab71cf |url-status=live |access-date=28 May 2025 |website=BIOTA of NEW ZEALAND}}
Species
- Teloschistes caespitosus {{small|(Müll.Arg.) Poelt (1962)}}
- Teloschistes capensis {{small|(L.f.) Müll.Arg. (1911)}}
- Teloschistes chrysophthalmus {{small|(L.) Th.Fr. (1861)}}
- Teloschistes exilis {{small|(Michx.) Vain. (1890)}}
- Teloschistes fasciculatus {{small|Hillmann (1938)}}
- Teloschistes flavicans {{small|(Sw.) Norman (1852)}}
- Teloschistes inflatus {{small|Frödén (2007)}}
- Teloschistes perrugosus {{small|Müll.Arg. (1891)}}
- Teloschistes peruensis {{small|(Ach.) J.W.Thomson (1968)}}
- Teloschistes puber {{small|(Ach.) Almb. (1989)}}
- Teloschistes pulvinaris {{small|(Zahlbr.) Almb. (1989)}}
- Teloschistes sieberianus {{small|(Laurer) Hillmann (1930)}}
- Teloschistes spinosus {{small|Js.Murray (1960)}}
- Teloschistes stellatus {{small|(Meyen & Flot.) Müll.Arg. (1883)}}
- Teloschistes velifer {{small|F.Wilson (1889)}}
- Teloschistes xanthoroides {{small|Js.Murray (1960)}}
References
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Category:Teloschistales genera
Category:Taxa described in 1853
Category:Taxa named by Johannes M. Norman
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